Silas Deane letters 1767-1785

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Silas Deane letters 1767-1785

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/4310

Silas Deane (1737-1789) was an American merchant, politician and diplomat who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress. He later repudiated the Revolution and was branded a traitor, though he was exonerated after his death. The collection consists of letters from Deane to various parties, including Sally Webb, Thomas Mumford, Thomas Cushing, and Samuel Blachley Webb. The letters concern both personal matters and issues relating to the Continental Congress and the American revolutionary cause

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6313627

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Deane, Silas, 1738-1789

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Silas Deane (January 4, 1738 [O.S. December 24, 1737] – September 23, 1789) was an American Founding Father, merchant, politician, and diplomat, and a supporter of American independence. Deane served as a delegate to the Continental Congress, where he signed the Continental Association, and then became the first foreign diplomat from the United States to France. Born in Groton in the Colony of Connecticut, he received a classical training before graduating from Yale College and studying law. ...

Cushing, Thomas, 1725-1788

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Thomas Cushing III (March 24, 1725 – February 28, 1788) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, merchant, and statesman from Boston, Massachusetts. Active in Boston politics, he represented the city in the provincial assembly from 1761 to its dissolution in 1774, serving as the lower house's speaker for most of those years. Because of his role as speaker, his signature was affixed to many documents protesting British policies, leading officials in London to consider him a dangerous radical. He ...

Ford collection

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Webb, Samuel Blachley, 1753-1807

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Samuel Blachley Webb was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut on December 15, 1753. His mother later married Silas Deane, whom Webb served as private secretary. In 1775 Webb was appointed aide to General Israel Putnam and in 1776 was made aide-de-camp to General George Washington, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He wrote the order making public the Declaration of Independence, was a prisoner of the British for three years (1777-1781), served as grand marshall at Washington's inauguration, and ...

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

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Thomas J. Taylor collection

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Mumford, Thomas, 1728-1799

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Shipowner, of New London, Conn. From the description of Thomas Mumford bill to the State of Connecticut, 1781. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 276947411 ...